WWE Raw: Burning Questions to Address After October 12 Show

The road to Hell...in a Cell continued on Monday night, with The Demon Kane making life miserable for WWE world heavyweight champion Seth Rollins.

Emerging from his office with no sign of the Director of Operations gimmick, the masked Superstar overcame interference by numerous heels and defeated The Architect with a Tombstone Piledriver, building even more momentum for himself entering the October 25 pay-per-view.

Speaking of momentum, Roman Reigns earned himself some by becoming the first Superstar to defeat Braun Strowman, even if it was by countout. His flying Superman Punch that sent the big man tumbling over the announce table was a sign of the risk he will take in order to exorcise The Wyatt Family from his life.

Elsewhere on the card, John Cena and Dolph Ziggler tore the house down with a fantastic United States Championship match, and The New Day again took center stage, defeating Randy Orton and Dean Ambrose.

While some of the big questions ahead of Hell in a Cell were answered in one form or another, there are still several that exist in the wake of Monday's broadcast.

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1. Is a Dolph Ziggler Heel Turn on the Horizon?

Having worked every major heel over the last two years as one of the few Superstars to work both Raw and SmackDown on a consistent basis, Ziggler has just about exhausted every option that exists for a sustainable feud at this point.

It should be no surprise, then, that during Monday's match with Cena, Ziggler demonstrated intricacies of a villain, the most obvious being a rake of the eyes that broke up an Attitude Adjustment and allowed him to flatten the franchise with a superkick.

The blatant breaking of rules was just one sign of a change in attitude, the other being Ziggler's refusal to meet Cena in the center of the ring for a shaking of hands.

Instead, he stayed hunched in the corner, frustration painting his face.

It has been made abundantly clear by WWE Creative that Ziggler is going nowhere as a babyface. He is perpetually stuck just below the main event in a muddled midcard picture.

While it is unlikely that he will enjoy a sustained main event push, a turn would at least freshen him up and allow him the opportunity to work consistently intriguing matches with the likes of Neville, Reigns, Ambrose and even a series or two against the great Cesaro.

Sure, he is immensely popular with the fanbase which respects his fantastic ring work, but for the sake of the product and his future aspirations, a heel turn is best for all involved.

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2. Is Sasha Banks the Face of Women's Wrestling for the Foreseeable Future?

The Boss entered the Allstate Arena in suburban Chicago on Monday night and was almost immediately greeted with chants of "we want Sasha," while Naomi and Nikki Bella fumbled their way through a less-than stellar Divas match.

The lackluster feel of the bout was accentuated all the more by the awesome video package that recapped Banks' Iron Man match against Bayley from NXT TakeOver: Respect.

The story told by commentators Michael Cole, Byron Saxton and JBL was that jealousy on the parts of Naomi and Tamina could be setting in, leading to division within Team B.A.D.

That would seem to suggest that Banks may finally break away from the group and become her own woman. If that is the case—and it should be—WWE could finally have its biggest female star since Trish Stratus.

The year 2015 has been especially kind to Superstars such as Rollins, Cena and Reigns, all of whom have been consistently great between the ropes and delivered in the biggest situations, under the brightest lights.

Banks has done the same, throwing her name in the running for best wrestler of the year, her gender having no bearing on anything.

If she is allowed to break away from Naomi and Tamina and demonstrate the same qualities and traits that helped her reach the pinnacle in NXT, Sasha may not only be the top star in the women's division—she could very well be the face of a new generation of Divas.

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3. Can WWE Creative Possibly Do Any More to Hurt Its Midcard?

One look at the current WWE roster suggests it is as good—if not better—than any other in company history.

With a wealth of talent from many walks of life, it features a solid mix of former collegiate athletes and indy darlings.

With immensely skilled workers like Sheamus, Cesaro, Ziggler, Rusev, Ryback, Kevin Owens and Neville, it is even more depressing to see the state of WWE's midcard and the lack of anything truly productive for these wrestlers to do.

WWE Creative has taken such a lackadaisical approach in developing real characters and stories for them that it is impossible to imagine a scenario in which fans are expected to care about any of them outside of their ring work.

And while the heart of the business is and always will be the in-ring product, the casual audience is attracted by stories and character development. That is nonexistent at this point as the writers focus all of their attention on the main event stars and lazily book tag matches and non-title bouts every Monday and Thursday night for everyone outside of that realm.

On the October 12 episode of Raw, fans watched as Cesaro and Sheamus were treated like afterthoughts, background players as King Barrett continued to make life a living hell for Neville.

They watched Rusev lose in three minutes to Ryback in a match that did nothing for either man and then saw Kevin Owens pummel Kalisto in a bout that had a similar effect.

For the company to ever rebound and become even remotely successful from a creative standpoint, the Hollywood and soap opera writers that make up today's Creative must put a greater emphasis on the midcard and make the bouts more meaningful and appealing to the audience at large.